Farmington Independent

Gardening is something of an all-or-nothing process. In the early weeks, gardeners sit and wait for seeds to sprout. A couple of weeks later, they don’t know what to do with all of the vegetables coming out of the ground. Kris Akin from the Farmington Food Shelf has a suggestion...

Before we start here it seems important to acknowledge that people did plenty of stupid things before the Internet was ever invented. There were fads that involved swallowing goldfish, or cramming more people into a phone booth than standard operating procedures would ever call for....

The days are limited for Farmington’s outdoor pool, and whether it will be replaced may ultimately be up to the community’s voters. That seems to be the direction the city of Farmington is moving after discussing a proposed aquatic center and other recreational needs at a June...

After struggling to produce much offense over its first eight games, the Farmington Legion baseball team finally broke out of its slump with 14 hits in last Tuesday’s 13-1 rout of Hastings at Veterans Field. Coming off a 10-1 loss to Lakeville South where it managed just four hits,...

50 years ago From the July 2, 1964 edition of the Dakota County Tribune Couple will see daughter after 20 years No two people will be more excited than Mr. and Mrs. John Mroz, Farmington, formerly of Czechoslovakia, as they meet their daughter whom they haven’t seen for 20...

June 20 Property damage motor vehicle accident, 20700 block of Chippendale Ave. Fifth degree assault, 19500 block of Municipal Dr. June 21 DWI, 212th Street West and Akin Road Personal injury accident, 18200 block of Pilot Knob Rd. Arson, Sixth Street Arson, Eighth Street June...

I cleaned out our office refrigerator last week. Oddly, it seemed to be somewhat cathartic, given the past couple of weeks. June was kind of a rollercoaster of news, you know? I started the month highlighting the graduation of Christian Life School and Farmington High School seniors....

The third trimester honor roll has been released from Farmington High School. Students on the list include: 12th grade A honor roll Katherine Aaron, Michael Bakke, Amanda Balke, Heather Barnes, Gabrielle Baumann, Robert Bergstad, Carissa Bigbee, Zachary Boelter, Amanda Burrell,...

Facebook has got a lot of people worked up lately, and not just because they’re tired of seeing pictures of their friends’ children, or reading stories about how hard someone’s day has been or being badgered to watch sponsored slideshows of the CUTEST BABY ANIMALS YOU WILL EVER...

To the editor, It is unbelievable that we, the Congregation of Faith are once again being cast aside as an old shoe, even after “they” realized “they” went about the closing of Faith the wrong way. And so I ask, what merit does the hierarchy of the Methodist Conference have...

The front page of this week’s edition is something of a study in contrasts. Two of the four stories focus on the good that can happen in a community. The other two cover somewhat less pleasant subject matter. One story is about Art Blast, a first-year effort to bring a week of...

Earlier this year, organizers of Farmington’s new veterans memorial planned to dedicate the memorial at the end of this month. Now, though, the date has delayed to September. The wet weather of late has caused some of the hold up, committee member Leon Orr said, but work is being...

Last Friday, he was Farmington’s police detective sergeant. On Monday, Lee Hollatz was on the road as a patrol sergeant. After 13 years in investigations, Hollatz has been reassigned to patrol sergeant as part of a general reassignment in positions within the police department....